VN Ren'Py Being a DIK [v0.10.1] [DrPinkCake]

[felicemastronzo]

Is there something in this VN written in a very clear way? That's kind of the whole point of it

let's say that even in reality, trying to understand whose fault it is by listening to two lovers is not easy ...

in reality of the whole story of Maya and Josy there is only one aspect that for me is not explained and I was unable to understand:
what is the real state of their relationship. it's like schrodinger's cat, their relationship is both alive and dead at the same time for both of them

if this passage is explained later, for example when Maya's father comes into play, it may be that this confusion is intentional.
otherwise it was superficially written

 

[always86]

They do look very alike.

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I the army guy is interesting. The boots he has on are the same as the ‘floating’ boots in the locked room. I know people here dismiss the body theory due to the smell, I think (and hope) it’s a uniform on a mannequinn. It would explain what the MC saw without being too weird and depressing.

Beta testing will start before the end of October.

The release date will be sometime in the first half of November.

I'm not setting a final release date yet, because if testing fares good, it's going to get released earlier.



It's time to start preparing for the release, even for you.

The best way you can do this is by having a clean install of your game ready and then download the new patch upon release.

That will help a lot to reduce the stress on the servers.

If you need a fresh version of the game, you can

You must be registered to see the links

.

If you want to download the entire full version on the release date, that's fine too. But be advised, servers will likely be slower due to the high demand and the full version is ~11GB.

The patch on the other hand is ~3.0 GB.

For uploading, I will be using multiple hosts as always, to give you alternate mirrors to download from.



I promised you a changelog for this week's status update and here it is.

It's subject to marginal change due to testing and in case of any additional/scrapped content.


-- Changelog v0.6.0 --

• Added Episode 6 that includes
• 3334 renders
• 162 animations
• 34 songs
• 25 sound effects

• Added a fast travel system for free roam events. It can be turned off in Preferences and is only active for a subset of free roam events starting episode 6.
• Updated code for affinity and DIK status calculations.
• Added an optional text box mode with an opacity slider to the preferences menu. Text legibility is improved by enabling this mode, but you will get centered text and a low opacity black text box when playing the game.
• Removed the option Rollback side from preferences, due to redundancy.
• Fixed bad variable names, episode 1-5, overriding a python library.
• Your affinity will now be displayed in conjunction with major choices.
• Fixed a bug with the number of scenes displayed in the Stats app that could be unlocked in episode 5.
• Fixed a misalignment issue of the gallery for an Episode 5 mixed special render.
• Revamped the episode title and ending overlays for episodes 1-6.
• Made cosmetic changes to the episode stat report for episodes 1-6.
• Revamped the Reward app.
• Revamped the Scenes app.
• When unlocking a special render, the character you unlocked a render for will have an exclamation mark in the Rewards app.
• Fixed a bug where writing on Maya in episode 5 would register almost any word as being cute.
• Fixed a faulty button placement of Maya #4 special render in episode 5.
• Corrected typos

I estimate the playtime for the update to be somewhere between 4-6 hours for one proper playthrough.

Soon, DIKs.

Dr PinkCake

Pleased with this. It’s a little later than I hoped, but the 6th or 13th isn‘t to bad. Especially since that means we’ll be free to play cyberpunk on our PlayStation 5s.

 

[NEWtimmer]

good luck with the game, it's doing great so far
Hoping for more updates in near future !

 

[felicemastronzo]

1. Added a fast travel system for free roam events. It can be turned off in Preferences and is only active for a subset of free roam events starting episode 6.

I think it will be the classic system with an icon for each room at the top, which allows you to move from one room to another without clicking on doors and stairs

 

[Cabin Fever]

My theory is, Bella's husband probably got KIA/MIA while on tour, and before that she promised to wait for his return - but he never came back. Her strong emotional reaction with the MC in the library scene, all the flipped pictures in her house, and the appearance of the Army guy (since (I think) people rarely hallucinate a strange face) made me think of that. The locked room probably contain objects belong to the guy, his equipments, his uniforms, etc. I refuse to think that Bella's keeping his remains there, that's just too dark

Hey now, stop trying to make perfectly logical sense! It ruins all the crazy (and sometimes completely idiotic) conspiracies here!

 

[Gh0st_Harambe]

Beta testing will start before the end of October.

The release date will be sometime in the first half of November.

I'm not setting a final release date yet, because if testing fares good, it's going to get released earlier.



It's time to start preparing for the release, even for you.

The best way you can do this is by having a clean install of your game ready and then download the new patch upon release.

That will help a lot to reduce the stress on the servers.

If you need a fresh version of the game, you can

You must be registered to see the links

.

If you want to download the entire full version on the release date, that's fine too. But be advised, servers will likely be slower due to the high demand and the full version is ~11GB.

The patch on the other hand is ~3.0 GB.

For uploading, I will be using multiple hosts as always, to give you alternate mirrors to download from.



I promised you a changelog for this week's status update and here it is.

It's subject to marginal change due to testing and in case of any additional/scrapped content.


-- Changelog v0.6.0 --

• Added Episode 6 that includes
• 3334 renders
• 162 animations
• 34 songs
• 25 sound effects

• Added a fast travel system for free roam events. It can be turned off in Preferences and is only active for a subset of free roam events starting episode 6.
• Updated code for affinity and DIK status calculations.
• Added an optional text box mode with an opacity slider to the preferences menu. Text legibility is improved by enabling this mode, but you will get centered text and a low opacity black text box when playing the game.
• Removed the option Rollback side from preferences, due to redundancy.
• Fixed bad variable names, episode 1-5, overriding a python library.
• Your affinity will now be displayed in conjunction with major choices.
• Fixed a bug with the number of scenes displayed in the Stats app that could be unlocked in episode 5.
• Fixed a misalignment issue of the gallery for an Episode 5 mixed special render.
• Revamped the episode title and ending overlays for episodes 1-6.
• Made cosmetic changes to the episode stat report for episodes 1-6.
• Revamped the Reward app.
• Revamped the Scenes app.
• When unlocking a special render, the character you unlocked a render for will have an exclamation mark in the Rewards app.
• Fixed a bug where writing on Maya in episode 5 would register almost any word as being cute.
• Fixed a faulty button placement of Maya #4 special render in episode 5.
• Corrected typos

I estimate the playtime for the update to be somewhere between 4-6 hours for one proper playthrough.

Soon, DIKs.

Dr PinkCake

What version i need for only download the patch when episode 6 is released ?

 

[Holy Bacchus]

Josy kept saying she was in relationship, but she had no trouble having a romantic date with MC at her house and having sex with him. She was also the one who was not responding to Maya's attempts to reach out.
Maya, on the other hand, kept trying to reach Josy and maybe was hoping they could maintain relationship. Seeing that Josy was ignoring she eventually gives up and seeks comfort from MC. She already liked MC, I suspect, when she told him that she does not have a boyfriend. Tells him that probably because she thought that Josy didn't want a relationship anymore.

Exactly. Josy seems to be actively pursuing the MC despite telling him she's in a relationship, or she's at least not rejecting him as a comforting presence and it's leading to her feelings for him deepening. Wheras with Maya, yes, she can allow certain things to happen, but she's keeping him at an arm's length whilst Josy is/can be literally hopping on his dick the first chance she gets.

Which part is not true?
I thought that it was Maya who was trying to contact Josy. I know Josy ignored MC when he tried to contact her after their not quite happy ending in her parent's bed.

Josy wasn't really ignoring him because her Dad took her phone from her for a few days which is why neither the MC or Maya received any responses from her.

let's say that even in reality, trying to understand whose fault it is by listening to two lovers is not easy ...

in reality of the whole story of Maya and Josy there is only one aspect that for me is not explained and I was unable to understand:
what is the real state of their relationship. it's like schrodinger's cat, their relationship is both alive and dead at the same time for both of them

if this passage is explained later, for example when Maya's father comes into play, it may be that this confusion is intentional.
otherwise it was superficially written

I think they're both at fault in some way for the lack of communicating their feelings and possibly not even fully understanding each other's points of view. I see Josy as someone who wanted Maya to stand up to her Dad, but Maya doesn't because, despite his faults, she loves him and doesn't want to lose the important father/daughter relationship. Josy likely wouldn't have liked that and felt like Maya wasn't serious about their relationship, but Maya likely didn't respond well to Josy pressuring her and not understanding her feelings with regards to her Dad. So Josy seems to want someone who she feels is going her to put her first in their relationship and Maya seem to want to thread the needle and keep both sides happy, and this is what causes the friction between them.

They both probably wanted the relationship to work, but typical teenage angst coupled with a lack of proper communication and a lack of willingness to deal with their issues in a mature way caused them to fracture. They didn't know what to do when hit with some adversity and when you're that age, things like this can feel like the end of the world so they didn't handle it in a good way and it led to a lot of hurt feelings. Even now they have still haven't fully resolved everything and I feel they're going to be walking on egg shells for a while, which is what could lead to a split on the friendship path, but on the throuple path the MC would be closer to help them talk through their issues.

 

[Yuno Gasai]

Beta testing will start before the end of October.

The release date will be sometime in the first half of November.

I'm not setting a final release date yet, because if testing fares good, it's going to get released earlier.



It's time to start preparing for the release, even for you.

The best way you can do this is by having a clean install of your game ready and then download the new patch upon release.

That will help a lot to reduce the stress on the servers.

If you need a fresh version of the game, you can

You must be registered to see the links

.

If you want to download the entire full version on the release date, that's fine too. But be advised, servers will likely be slower due to the high demand and the full version is ~11GB.

The patch on the other hand is ~3.0 GB.

For uploading, I will be using multiple hosts as always, to give you alternate mirrors to download from.



I promised you a changelog for this week's status update and here it is.

It's subject to marginal change due to testing and in case of any additional/scrapped content.


-- Changelog v0.6.0 --

• Added Episode 6 that includes
• 3334 renders
• 162 animations
• 34 songs
• 25 sound effects

• Added a fast travel system for free roam events. It can be turned off in Preferences and is only active for a subset of free roam events starting episode 6.
• Updated code for affinity and DIK status calculations.
• Added an optional text box mode with an opacity slider to the preferences menu. Text legibility is improved by enabling this mode, but you will get centered text and a low opacity black text box when playing the game.
• Removed the option Rollback side from preferences, due to redundancy.
• Fixed bad variable names, episode 1-5, overriding a python library.
• Your affinity will now be displayed in conjunction with major choices.
• Fixed a bug with the number of scenes displayed in the Stats app that could be unlocked in episode 5.
• Fixed a misalignment issue of the gallery for an Episode 5 mixed special render.
• Revamped the episode title and ending overlays for episodes 1-6.
• Made cosmetic changes to the episode stat report for episodes 1-6.
• Revamped the Reward app.
• Revamped the Scenes app.
• When unlocking a special render, the character you unlocked a render for will have an exclamation mark in the Rewards app.
• Fixed a bug where writing on Maya in episode 5 would register almost any word as being cute.
• Fixed a faulty button placement of Maya #4 special render in episode 5.
• Corrected typos

I estimate the playtime for the update to be somewhere between 4-6 hours for one proper playthrough.

Soon, DIKs.

Dr PinkCake

looks like we are getting a major UI overhaul
one more reason to replay from start

 

[Holy Bacchus]

What version i need for only download the patch when episode 6 is released ?

Technically the full 0.5.2 version in the OP, but that is one where the files have been unpacked which won't work with the update patch. If the links are not updated to a version that isn't unpacked, then you'll need to download the whole 11GB game when it's released.

 

[n0cn1l]

What version i need for only download the patch when episode 6 is released ?

Download the 0.5.0 in the OP (Torrent link) it will work fine with the patch

 

[Gh0st_Harambe]

Thanks

 

[IkarusWestwood]

• 3334 renders
• 162 animations

Holy shit.

 

[SoraNiUteba]

Hey now, stop trying to make perfectly logical sense! It ruins all the crazy (and sometimes completely idiotic) conspiracies here!

I don't see how its idiotic. She slaughtered her husband and I'm 99.9% sure about it. You can see the glint of a psychopath sometimes in her cold eyes .

 

[felicemastronzo]

I think they're both at fault in some way for the lack of communicating their feelings and possibly not even fully understanding each other's points of view. I see Josy as someone who wanted Maya to stand up to her Dad, but Maya doesn't because, despite his faults, she loves him and doesn't want to lose the important father/daughter relationship. Josy likely wouldn't have liked that and felt like Maya wasn't serious about their relationship, but Maya likely didn't respond well to Josy pressuring her and not understanding her feelings with regards to her Dad. So Josy seems to want someone who she feels is going her to put her first in their relationship and Maya seem to want to thread the needle and keep both sides happy, and this is what causes the friction between them.

They both probably wanted the relationship to work, but typical teenage angst coupled with a lack of proper communication and a lack of willingness to deal with their issues in a mature way caused them to fracture. They didn't know what to do when hit with some adversity and when you're that age, things like this can feel like the end of the world so they didn't handle it in a good way and it led to a lot of hurt feelings. Even now they have still haven't fully resolved everything and I feel they're going to be walking on egg shells for a while, which is what could lead to a split on the friendship path, but on the throuple path the MC would be closer to help them talk through their issues.

given that I hate it when it is established that it is everyone's fault just for not blaming anyone (architrave of the Italian legislative system) I also find meaning in your explanation, but in the game there are very few matches in what we have actually seen or read in the game.

Maya about her father speaks only badly, telling only his shortcomings

on the apparent fragility of the relationship, as mentioned before, I agree with you. but I think we both know that the only one who will walk on eggs will be MC.

Maya and Josy are a meaningless couple, who are kept alive by the plot

I'll give you an example: on the evening of Josy's arrival, how can it be that Maya doesn't immediately realize that Josy is the date that MC went to when he got home? and at the same time Josy how can she not understand that she interrupted something?

yet they pretend nothing has happened until MC explains it to them with photos, and the reaction to this is immediate peace.

 

[Holy Bacchus]

Maya about her father speaks only badly, telling only his shortcomings

As do we all. We can recognise the faults of our friends and relatives and moan about them and even chastise them for it, but that doesn't mean we don't love them deep down.

I'll give you an example: on the evening of Josy's arrival, how can it be that Maya doesn't immediately realize that Josy is the date that MC went to when he got home? and at the same time Josy how can she not understand that she interrupted something?

yet they pretend nothing has happened until MC explains it to them with photos, and the reaction to this is immediate peace.

Because that's another example of the lack of communication and not fully understanding each other. Maya likely perceives Josy's awkwardness is because of the messages she sent her and the general underlying, unresolved relationship problems. Meanwhile, I think Josy does recognise that the MC and Maya have formed some sort of bond, which is why it's awkward for her because the MC is, in her view, friends with her girlfriend that she didn't tell him about and that's what the issue is for her.

So it's a perception issue as each likely perceives the situation differently and they're also so focused on what happened between each of them and the MC that it's clouding their judgement a bit and probably preventing them from recognising obvious signs. However, as the viewers/players, those signs are obvious to us because we know but it may not be obvious to them even it they weren't in a heightened emotional state.

 

[Micmic15]

What's it like in 2025? Has Covid been eradicated yet? Because the only people who could know how the M&J throuple will go is DPC or a time traveller, and I don't think you're either.

I said "i wish" right? Didnt say i know or something like that, dont need to be a time traveler to wish for something

 

[Holy Bacchus]

I said "i wish" right? Didnt say i know or something like that, dont need to be a time traveler to wish for something

But even the act of "wishing" assumes that such a choice has to be made because of the belief that you can't have both, and whilst that might be the case on the friendship path, it's not necessarily true of the throuple path as this could be the way to have both of them.

 

[michael1984]

Yeah the good old maya and josy seminar ... We had pages and essays and revieuws about those 2 characters maybe 40 pages long

At least this update seems promissing ... probally getting a dik mansion make over montage at the start of the new episode

Then some birthday celebration with maybe a love interest and derek pops in as welll

Some much needed quality time with Jill who is not ready for that to happen finally rite !!!

The much needed conclusion to the whole chad and sage and mystery cheater

And some comedy relief with a D&D game

November gonna be hectic

 

[Micmic15]

But even the act of "wishing" assumes that such a choice has to be made because of the belief that you can't have both, and whilst that might be the case on the friendship path, it's not necessarily true of the throuple path as this could be the way to have both of them.

Cmon smartypants if i assume that the choice has to be made, i shouldnt use "wish" instead ill use "want" . Its a Wish ffs. If thats still not good then, "i hope there a choice in the end that you can have both of them" is that enough?

 

[felicemastronzo]

As do we all. We can recognise the faults of our friends and relatives and moan about them and even chastise them for it, but that doesn't mean we don'y love them deep down.

you are right, but there is no trace of this love in the game, we can assume, but there are no clues in this direction

Because that's another example of the lack of communication and not fully understanding each other. Maya likely perceives Josy's awkwardness is because of the messages she sent her and the general underlying, unresolved relationship problems. Meanwhile, I think Josy does recognise that the MC and Maya have formed some sort of bond, which is why it's awkward for her because the MC is, in her view, friends with her girlfriend that she didn't tell him about and that's what the issue is for her.

So it's a perception issue as each likely perceives the situation differently and they're also so focused on what happened between each of them and the MC that it's clouding their judgement a bit and probably preventing them from recognising obvious signs. However, as the viewers/players, those are signs are obvious to us because we know but it may not be obvious to them even it they weren't in a heightened emotional state.

sorry but we are not talking about a communication problem but about two girls pretending not to see what happens in front of their eyes

each of them knows that the other has betrayed her, but, out of guilt, they pretend nothing has happened until MC explains it to them blatantly, and at that point they forgive each other (but eventually do not forgive MC)

in my opinion they are a couple that makes no sense to exist, but resists everything because it serves the plot, when it no longer needs it it will take a moment to make it collapse.